Luke Donald leads the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, South Africa after two rounds, but leading probably won’t earn him as much attention as a run-in with a baboon while on the course.

Ross Fisher opened the new European Tour season with a two-shot lead at the Nedbank Challenge. Fisher’s 6-under 66 gave him an advantage on George Coetzee, Marcel Siem and Alexander Levy, all tied for second at 4 under.

Fisher builds two-shot Nedbank Challenge lead

Ross Fisher has the first-round lead at the Nedbank Challenge.
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Tyrrell Hatton of England, made the most of his week at the DP World Tour Championship with a sixth place finish, but it will only be good enough for a runner-up finish in the Rookie of the Year race on the European Tour.

Renato Paratore, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Chris Paisley and Andrea Pavan earned cards for the 2015 European Tour season after the sixth and final round of European Tour Qualifying School at PGA Cataluyna Resort in Girona, Spain.

Fitzpatrick, Paratore among Euro Tour card winners

Matthew Fitzpatrick was one of 27 players to earn a European Tour card for the 2015 season.
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